Transcript The myth of “kidnapping of Europe”

The myth of “Europe”
Let΄s take a trip to ancient Europe
Here we are in Phoenicia, today΄s Syria,
which was:
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An ancient, marine
country.
Its name came from a
kind of dye with deep
purple colour,
“finon”,
that they used to trade.
Once upon a time there was Agenor, King of Syria
and son of the Greek God Poseidon.
Agenor had a really
beautiful daughter …
... Princess Europe.
One day,
beautiful Europe
was picking flowers
with her friends at the
beach ...
Then Zeus,
the Father of the Olympian Gods…
...saw Europe and
fell in love
with her.
Ηe transformed himself
into a white bull
and approached her.
The beautiful animal seemed calm and friendly ...
... so Europe came close to it...
Unsuspected,
she rode him.
Zeus took that opportunity, ran to the sea
and swam … with her on his back …
Scared, Europe held onto his horns.
The bull flew over the waves and reached
the greek island Crete.
They had three sons:
Rhadamanthys, Minos and Sarpedon
One of them,
Minos,
became the king of Crete
and the founder of the
first European
Civilization.
Princess Europe gave her name to our continent
Europe
(the one who has
big eyes)
EUROPE
The two sides of the European coin
of 2 euros.
Coins depicting Europe
An ancient
silver
Cretan coin
A Cyprian coin of
1994
The myth of “Europe”:
The mythical name that brings us Europeans together!